Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 9July1971: Hvar Island, Yugoslavia: A STARK NAKED MAN SMOKING A PIPE!

I was up at 6 this morning. I went to the market to buy, cucumbers, peaches, bread and sliced meat for breakfast. ROB GOT UP, ATE AND WENT BACK TO BED. It is 10 now and very bright and sunny and becoming a hot day. I am sitting outside on the patio with the lastContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 9July1971: Hvar Island, Yugoslavia: A STARK NAKED MAN SMOKING A PIPE!”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 25June1971: Korcula Island, Yugoslavia

Dear Barbara and Andrew: Barb, as far as I know we will le leaving from Frankfurt to get to New York and we will be seeing Fritz in either Munich or West Berlin but I will definitely know when I get to Hvar because we are waiting to hear from Heidi. Korcula is beautiful, oldContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 25June1971: Korcula Island, Yugoslavia”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3March1970: Hallgarten, Germany: Stuck In Frankfurt!

Dear Barbara: I will give this to woman boarding an Overseas National Airways flight to New York. On Sunday there was a flight on ONA to Chile then back to New York. I did not try for it. There is one tomorrow but it is sold out with a crew of 7 trying to getContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3March1970: Hallgarten, Germany: Stuck In Frankfurt!”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3March1970: Frankfurt, Germany

Dear Barbara: Again I did not get on an Overseas National Airways flight for the second day in a row.  Want to come home and I could have almost cried. I checked into a hotel near the train station in Frankfurt called The Continental to stay the night. There is a chance I can getContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 3March1970: Frankfurt, Germany”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ?February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: They Will Tear You Apart in the Red-Light District

Dear Barb: Well its caught up with me all this cold and damp weather as I awoke with a sore throat, a cough with a headache. For a change it is a beautiful sunny day. I went downstairs and had three cups of coffee and returned to the room. I have tickets to the symphonyContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ?February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: They Will Tear You Apart in the Red-Light District”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother:? February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: Smelly Trouble Causing Hippies in Long Fur Coats

 Dear Boys: I am taking a rest before supper. I don’t know when I will have it but it will be later. I have a lousy cold wouldn’t you know it. I ate lunch at 3:30 so dinner will be light. This morning after the breakfast of cold ham, salami, cheese, butter and coffee IContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother:? February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: Smelly Trouble Causing Hippies in Long Fur Coats”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 13February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: How Cultural Can I Get!

Dear Boys: This morning I got up at 9:30 and had breakfast with a Japanese stewardess with KLM. She was very cute. She may come with me to the symphony concert with me tonight. I went through a museum today full of Dutch and Chinese art. Then I picked up tickets for a concert. OneContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: 13February1970: Amsterdam, Holland: How Cultural Can I Get!”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ? February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Red Roses from British Film Director!)

Dearest Barbara: I am leaving here tomorrow. I think I can stop over in Nice. I will see if I can. I will write at once. I would like stay a week there. Diane, bless her heart phoned me yesterday morning. She will phone you upon her return. She is a very thoughtful girl. IContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ? February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Red Roses from British Film Director!)”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ? February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Thoughts on Spanish Men

Dear Barbara: What a gorgeous place and what perfect weather. It is heaven here. I was up early this morning, put my old Hush Puppies on and I am sure I walked 10 miles through all the winding streets. I looked in many of the store windows. I sat down for a cold beer. IContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ? February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Thoughts on Spanish Men”

Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ?February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Amsterdam, Holland

Dear Boys; It’s Sunday and I have no doubt in the world. The church chimes started at 7 a.m. and rang every 15 minutes. They seemed to be saying AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT! Please do not throw out this envelope. I expect to be here for two weeks. Please write me TONIGHT and beContinue reading “Travels to a Different Time: Travels of My Mother: ?February1971: Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Amsterdam, Holland”